Late Ming Dynasty Historical Novels: No Smut or Harem, Just Quality Writing 明末历史文,不要淫意,不要种马,要细糠
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Late Ming Warlord: Kill, Never Spare 晚明枭雄,只杀不渡
A revenge-and-comeback story about a Ming Dynasty native: no transmigration, no cheat powers, and no System From the start, bookkeeper Wang Xing breaks a seemingly hopeless deadlock. After his master is murdered, he repeatedly uses the trick of hiding in plain sight to survive against all odds. To stay alive, he has no choice but to sell himself into the service of the "She-Devil." With the meticulous calculations of an abacus, his schemes evolve from underworld tricks to political intrigue at c
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- 152 Ming Dynasty Border Troops 大明边军 Zhu Wei A transmigrator. A transmigrator with no particular talents. A pawn of the Wanli Emperor. The Tianqi Emperor's teacher. Huang Taiji's father's killer. The Liaodong Prince's lifelong nemesis. Wu Sangui's godfather. A good friend of Prince Gui, Zhu Changying. He had thought he could use his knowledge of the future to stir up the winds of change. But the chaos in the imperial court and the complexity of the situation left Zhu Wei in constant danger. The late Ming... was an era where people 4kReads8.5Score34214d adds
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A Nameless Death in the Ming Dynasty 明卒无名
In the third year of Chongzhen, a severe drought struck Shaanxi, and not a single grain was harvested. The government hounded the people for taxes like a tiger, while refugees were driven away like livestock. When Shen woke up, a knife was already at his throat. He was a transmigrator, and one of thirty-seven people waiting to die. With a single sentence, he escaped the blade and led the others into an abandoned village. No food? They would grow their own. No iron? They would smelt it themselves
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The Iron Cavalry of the Dying Ming: The Bloody Battle at Tongguan 残明铁骑:从潼关血战开始
In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, Shaanxi suffered a severe drought, and rebel forces ran rampant. Lu Zhao, a low-ranking company commander under Sun Chuanting, was defeated after the bloody battle at Tong Pass and fled to Shanxi with the remnants of his troops. In an era of a corrupt court and refugees everywhere, he gathers the scattered soldiers, suppresses bandits, and brings peace to the people, gradually building his strength. All he wants is to carve out a way to survive in this
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- 155 Late Ming: My Escape Begins with the Songjin Campaign 明末:从松锦大战首逃开始 [No System] + [Passionate] + [Conquest] + [Late Ming] In 1641, the fourteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the Battle of Songjin, the Ming dynasty's final struggle for the fate of the nation, ended in a crushing defeat. Wang Chen, son of the first general to flee, refused to be made the scapegoat. Leading the remaining troops, he set out to change history and defy fate. Watch as he turns the tide, saves a collapsing empire from ruin, rescues the realm from disaster, repels the rebels within, and 10.8kReads8.5Score97414d adds
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Late Ming: I'm No Spoiled Scion 明末,我不是纨绔
Why did the Ming dynasty fall so suddenly? Did it fall because of the Wanli Emperor or the Chongzhen Emperor? Because of the eunuchs or the civil officials? Because of the Donglin faction or the eunuch faction? Did it fall because it lacked money or because it lacked troops? Because of the “bandits” or the Jurchens? Because of natural disasters or human calamities? Did it fall because of the princely estates or the wealthy households? Because of overseas silver or domestic surcharges? Because so
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- 157 Plunderer at the End of the Ming 明末劫掠者 [No System + Special Forces + Invincible + play the pig to eat the tiger + Building a Faction + Rebellion + Conquering the World] The sky suddenly changes, and paratrooper Zhao Jinnan drops from above, only to find that time has reversed and he has returned to the waning years of the Ming dynasty. Once he accepts the truth, he cannot help recalling the saying: Better to be a dog in peacetime than a man in an age of chaos. Zhao Jinnan: The Emperor of Japan? The shogun? Take them away and castrat 957Reads6.9Score10414d adds
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1577: Wanli Becomes a Wise Ruler Thanks to Me 1577,万历靠我成明君
[Transmigration + Ming Dynasty + court intrigue + civil and military examinations + unification] Zhou Huai'an has transmigrated! He discovers that he's only five years younger than the Wanli Emperor! Zhang Juzheng is still alive! The Single Whip Law is being implemented! They say the Ming Dynasty's downfall began in the Wanli era! How could he possibly live an unremarkable life in this dynasty? With his background, changing his fate against the odds means taking the imperial examinations! With t
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- 159 The Great Stronghold Lord at the End of the Ming Dynasty 明末大寨主 Back in the late Ming dynasty, Chu Xing became a bandit. But his stronghold was repeatedly overrun, and he went through four or five big brothers. After fleeing time and again, his thoughts grew increasingly clear. It seemed Heaven was pointing him toward the answer: he should become the big brother himself and fight to rule the land. 283Reads7.8Score14114d adds
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I'm a Military Engineer, and You Want Me to Save the Ming? 我一搞军工的,你让我拯救大明?
[Traditional history] [Historical farming and development] [Survival in a chaotic age] [No System] [Military-industrial system] [Late Ming power struggle] Qin Feng, a technician at an arms manufacturing group and a major military history forum influencer, opens his eyes to find himself a low-ranking border officer in the second year of the Chongzhen reign, with only ten men under his command. Three days later, Hong Taiji’s fifty thousand Eight Banners troops breach the frontier. Historically, no
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- 161 The Great Deceiver of the Late Ming Builds the Huaxia Empire 明末大忽悠,建立华夏帝国 [Alternate History] + [Transmigration] + [No System] + [War] Good news! He transmigrated after dying and became a young man in the Ming Dynasty! Bad news! This is the chaotic final years of the Ming, and he lives in Li Zicheng’s hometown, where Zhang Xianzhong’s rebellion began. Wang Yi, newly arrived in this world, seeks to carve out a way to survive amid the chaos, pacify the realm, create an age of prosperity, and ensure that the splendid civilization of China endures... 727Reads7.2Score10414d adds
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Chronicles of the Yan Marches 大明燕行录
A modern soul accidentally falls into a parallel dynasty ruled by the Zhu family. He opens his eyes to find himself a helpless infant. Unable to bear the burden of vast amounts of knowledge, his memories fall dormant. Before he can figure out his situation, he and his maid are swept into a deadly chase and tumble into a freezing river! At death's door, they are rescued by a wealthy landowner in a remote county town. But when the maid wakes, she has lost her memory completely and believes he is h
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Tales of the Sixteen Reigns of the Ming Court 明宫十六朝演义
The Romance of the Sixteen Reigns of the Ming Court delves into the imperial palace, recounting the love and enmity between emperors and their consorts, while ranging widely across history to survey the twists and turns of feudal dynasties. Understand this series, and you will understand the court; understand the court, and you will understand history; understand history, and the realities of the world will become clear to you.
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- 164 I Have an Invincible Army in Late Ming 我在明末有支无敌军团 At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the land was plunged into chaos. Natural disasters and human calamities struck, and smoke from warfires rose everywhere. It was a dark age when human lives were worth less than those of ants. Liu Mingyu unexpectedly arrives in the late Ming Dynasty. Though he is a common man of modest stature, he commands an invincible army. He subdues the Mongols, crushes bandits, pacifies the Manchus, drives out the Western barbarians, expands the realm, and battles for dominion 54Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 165 A Grand History of the Ming Dynasty 明朝大历史 This book is the culmination of Mr. Meng Sen's research on Qing history. It is also a representative and foundational work on the subject. Drawing on the Veritable Records of the Qing, the Draft History of the Qing, archival records of the Qing court, and rarely used sources such as the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty, Meng Sen reveals and analyzes many of the central issues in Qing history. He offers a comprehensive account and assessment of more than two hundred years of Qing politics, 8Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 166 Party Struggles Throughout Chinese History 中国历代党争 Chinese Factional Struggles Through the Ages is a history of power struggles between factions, between factions and imperial authority, and between individuals. Using strategy as its thread and history as its fabric, it recounts a host of tangled stories. Covering three thousand years of factional strife, from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods through the Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties, the book details major events, rises and falls, triumphs and humiliations, and 296Reads7.7Score10014d adds
- 167 The Complete Collection of Courtly Tales Through the Ages 历代宫廷演义全集 Xu Xiaotian brings the secret histories of the Ming, Qing, and Tang courts to life in the style of a novel: the bloodshed of the Nine Princes’ struggle for the throne, Wu Zetian’s political schemes, and the tragic final days of the Chongzhen Emperor... The book has the solid historical foundations of a meticulously researched account, enlivened with the colorful flesh and blood of historical fiction. More vivid than official histories, yet more rigorous than tales of the past, it is an ancient v 137Reads9.5Score—14d adds
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A Ming History Professor Transmigrates: I Am the Chongzhen Emperor 明史教授穿越之我是崇祯帝
When a professor of Ming history transmigrates back to the late Ming dynasty, can a young emperor turn the tide when all seems lost, save a collapsing empire, and extend the Ming dynasty’s life by 200 years? Faced with foreign invasions, political infighting, a financial collapse, natural disasters, and man-made calamities, what skills and strategies will he bring to this catastrophic start? Let’s wait and see.
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Back to the End of the Ming Dynasty as a World Leader 回到明末当球长
Question: If you had a chance to go back to the Ming Dynasty, would you go? Answer: No. Question: Why not? Answer: I wouldn’t be able to use my phone or play games. No running water, no electricity, no internet. It’d be like going back to the dark ages. Only an idiot would go! Question: What if you got a System, too? Answer: What kind of System? Question: A trading System. You could use it to do business with people in the modern world, so you’d have everything you need. How about it? Answer: St
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He Fengzi 贺疯子
1. This is a dark take on the Ming dynasty, centered on rebellion, with grand-scale battles and a brutal, bloody aesthetic. Ming loyalists should read with caution. 2. This is a transmigration story, but the protagonist’s golden finger is deliberately limited, in an effort to stay close to the historical realities of warfare at the end of the Ming dynasty. 3. In this novel, a soul from the future originally intended to possess Sun Chuanting, but through a twist of fate became He Renlong instead.
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Great Ming: I, Chongzhen, Will Never Hang Myself! 大明:朕,崇祯,绝不上吊!
[Reborn + hard-edged history + decisive and ruthless + naval hegemon + no System, but with memories of a past life] On Coal Hill, a strip of white silk brought an end to the Ming Dynasty's last shred of dignity. When Zhu Youjian opened his eyes again, he had returned to the seventh year of the Tianqi era. That year, he was still only the sixteen-year-old Prince of Xin. His imperial brother was gravely ill. Wei Zhongxian wielded power across the court, the eunuch faction controlled the government
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My Given Name Is Zhang Haogu 学名张好古
In Jinan Prefecture, Shandong, there lived a wealthy man. The rich man had only one son, named Zhang Haogu. Though he couldn't read, he passed the imperial examinations and entered the Hanlin Academy. Somehow, he even became a princess's husband. He only wanted to survive in a time of chaos, but had no choice except to rack his brains and find a way to end the war quickly. Yet war was everywhere: struggle, life and death, country and family. A man should be full of fiery spirit, riding through b
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- 173 Father, Don't Hang Yourself. Your Son Has a Plan 父皇,别上吊,儿臣有办法 “You accuse me of usurping power? Fine, I’ve taken it!” With two thousand personal guards entering the northern frontier, Crown Prince Zhu Cilang of the Ming Dynasty launched a campaign of slaughter. He confiscated the Shanxi merchants’ wealth, executed the regional commander, reformed the frontier army, and secured Xuanfu! The court berated him as “brutal and heartless”? He shot back, “Without brutality, the Ming would have fallen long ago!” An imperial edict summoned him back? He burned it and 52kReads8.6Score5.2k14d adds
- 174 The Splendor of the Jiajing Era 嘉靖风华时 He enters the capital, ascends the throne, and takes power over all under heaven. He battles powerful ministers, breaks up factional struggles, reforms officialdom, boosts farming and commerce, strengthens border defenses, and pacifies the Japanese threat. He roots out a century of entrenched abuses and recruits talented people from across the realm. With the strategic vision of another world, he governs the four seas; with decisive force, he brings peace to the Nine Provinces. He reverses the M 8Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Great Qi Marquis of One Step 大齐一步侯
[Alternate history, airtight logic, a treat to listen to, multiple heroines, lighthearted daily life, the jianghu and court politics, love and hate, national and family vendettas...] A modern-day criminal investigator transmigrates into the body of a minor official in the State of Qi. At first, his only dream is to stay alive. But when foreign barbarians invade the Central Plains, slaughtering and pillaging until the kingdom falls and families are torn apart, he has no choice but to enter the fr
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Late Ming Qinhuai: New Songs from the Flower Boat Shake the Realm 明末秦淮:花船新曲震山河
[Transmigrate Into a Deadly Predicament + Cheat Space + Strong Female Lead Building a Business] The moment I opened my eyes, I’d crushed the son of a Ming official, and a knife was already at my throat! Luckily, a scar on my wrist concealed a modern laboratory. A stun gun took down the brute, and I even had a bar management manual! Other people transmigrate and get caught up in palace intrigue. I went to the Qinhuai River and brought a run-down pleasure boat back to life. The girls from the lowe
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I Pursue Sea Power in the Late Ming Dynasty 我在明末搞海权
He wakes up to find himself a poor thousand-household commander in southern Liaodong on the eve of the Battle of Sarhu, with the military garrison so rotten that only a list of phantom soldiers remains. Lin Yi just laughs. First, he cleans out the corrupt officials and introduces “performance reviews,” then wins over the eunuch inspector with seafood hot pot. The Later Jin cavalry are fierce? He’ll use coastal artillery and economic warfare to fleece Huang Taiji until he’s bankrupt. Who says the
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Transmigrate as Chongzhen and Rebuild the Great Ming 穿越崇祯再造大明
At 80 years old, Zhu Qiming transmigrates into Zhu Youjian. Armed with modern knowledge and well-versed in Chinese classics, he fights magic with magic. The ministers fear nothing more than debating the classics with the emperor. When the emperor issues an edict blaming himself, the ministers are all terrified! A Ming Dynasty Renaissance, with steam engines born from bellows? A heart of compassion, with the methods of a devil? This is an age of saving the Ming Dynasty through intellect, military
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I Went to the Late Ming to Save the Righteous 我去明末救义士
Entirely handmade, absolutely no AI, so updates are slow! Read at your own risk, and don’t rush me. In 1642, the Ming dynasty’s final struggle had already failed, and the darkest hour in Chinese history was about to arrive. To prevent three hundred years of national collapse from repeating itself, countless people transmigrated into the past. Could the Chongzhen Emperor have died so easily without someone guiding him? As the Jiashen Catastrophe looms, see how Tian Youjia and his three brothers f
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Ming Dynasty, 1627: The Sagely and Mighty Forefather 大明1627:圣明烈祖
At Coal Hill, Chongzhen died blaming his ministers to the very end, never understanding the root causes of the Ming dynasty’s collapse. Even if he regained the throne, with his old perspective he could only keep the dynasty alive for a few more years. Its fall would be inevitable. But in this life, he has a complete plan to save the country. At the start of his reign, the Donglin faction and the eunuch faction fight for power at court. He turns their rivalry to his advantage, confiscating corrup
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The Lying Girl and the Iron-Blooded General 谎精少女和铁血将军
[Transmigration Romance + Historical Warfare + Bittersweet Love + Love of Country] She is Yang Zhenzhen, a language prodigy whose soul has transmigrated into another body, carrying the pain of her family’s annihilation. She meets him by chance amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He is Qi Jiguang, a young assistant general just starting his career, determined to crush the pirates, yet caught in a mire of political infighting and neglected military preparations. As a general, he sees th
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The Ironclad Censor 铁律御史
The Great Cheng Dynasty rules the realm by iron law. The Censorate hangs over the court like a sword, and beneath the Xiezhi totem stand eight stern-faced censors. Shen Ye is the youngest among them, and the most “insane.” He begins by investigating a corruption case, exposing a smuggling network on the frontier, unaware that he has stepped into a vast web of political intrigue that has ensnared the court for twenty years. Chief Grand Secretary Lin Ruhai holds absolute power, imperial authority
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Colonizing the Ming Dynasty 殖民大明
Wang Ding obtains a magical piece of jade that can open a spatial rift, creating a gateway to the Ming dynasty. There, Wang Ding finds wealth and glory in a new world. This is the story of how he saves people and kills them.
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Late Ming: For All the People of the Realm 明末:为了天下万民
[Late Ming + Farming + Ensemble Cast + Chongzhen + Rebellion + Business + No System] In the eighth year of the Chongzhen reign, Zhou Huaimin transmigrates to Zhoujiagou, Gong County, Henan. Drought and locust plagues ravage the land, refugees are everywhere, rebel bands pass through, and bandits are as thick as weeds. To protect their homes and their people, the protagonist organizes a peasant association. He leads the villagers in a desperate struggle to survive between rival factions and natur
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I Debate the Classics with Great Scholars in the Embroidered Uniform Guard 我在锦衣卫跟大儒辩经
Yang Zhi, a top salesman and philosophy graduate student in his previous life, transmigrates to the end of the Zhengde era of the Ming Dynasty. Through a twist of fate, he joins the Embroidered Uniform Guard, passes the imperial examination, enters the Hanlin Academy, and debates the classics with the great scholars at court!
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Don't Panic, Great Ming, I'm Here to Save You! 大明别慌,我来救你!
This is a race against the inertia of history. With plans far ahead of his time, a modern soul changes the course of an empire's collapse. Watch as he transmigrates into the Chongzhen era, revives Huaxia, and ensures the lands of the Great Ming endure forever!
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Reviving the Great Ming: A Lone Minister Founds Constitutional Rule 中兴大明,我以孤臣开宪政
The protagonist, Su Ran, transmigrates into another world when the Tianqi Great Explosion occurs. Through a stroke of fortune, he takes over the original owner’s body and enters the chaotic final years of the Ming Dynasty. See: A modern transmigrator versus the chosen one of the age. Heaven itself seems determined to help the Qing, the chosen ones of this world, sending one disaster after another: droughts, locust plagues, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis... A whole new game of political intrigue,
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A Transmigrator’s Struggle in Hami Guard at the End of the Ming Dynasty 穿越明末哈密卫奋斗史
In his previous life, he started from nothing and built a team of several hundred people, carving out a path to success in the business world. In this life, armed with knowledge and methods centuries ahead of his time, is he really going to die in misery in this godforsaken, ramshackle military fortress? “Let’s start with a modest goal…” “Take Hami City.”
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Emperor Zhengde 正德大帝
In the fifteenth year of Zhengde, the Ming dragon flag was still hemmed in by the Great Wall and the coastline. But Zhu Houzhao, returned from the dead after falling into the water, is going to plant that dragon flag across the globe! In the north, Mongol cavalry raid the passes year after year? I’ll train a modern army and sweep the steppes with firearms and artillery, turning the Mongol grasslands into Ming grazing grounds! In the southeast, Japanese pirates and sea raiders harass the coast?
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- 190 Iron Tang 铁唐 Li Zheng, a technically skilled soldier, transmigrates to the Tianyou era of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang and awakens in the body of a starving man who shares his name. Witnessing the warlords’ brutality, he draws on his wilderness survival skills and military knowledge to lead villagers in an ambush against a small band of rebel troops, making his first mark. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 The Emperors of the Liu Family 老刘家的那些皇帝 When we talk about the Han dynasty, we are talking about more than the rise and fall of a dynasty. We are talking about a family legacy and its perseverance across centuries. The Emperors of the Old Liu Family traces the Liu emperors to take a fresh look at the history of the Western and Eastern Han dynasties. It steps away from the grand narrative of traditional histories and focuses instead on the individual people seated on the imperial throne. We see Liu Bang's common touch coexisting with h 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Grand Protector of Anxi 安西大都护 In 2024, beside a collapsed ancient tomb on Mount Zhongnan, an archaeological team unearthed an iron certificate mottled with rust. They brushed away the dust, revealing several lines of fierce inscription that pierced through a thousand years: “Li Yan, loyal and valiant general of the Great Tang and Pillar of State, was originally a son of Huaxia. My soul crossed a hundred years, while my body guarded Anxi. The spirit of the Zhenguan era had not yet faded, and the beacon fires of Tianbao were a 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 Star in the Stone 石中星 After finding a Sacred Spirit Stone and awakening his potential, he cracks the first campus cold case and takes his first step from “invisible nobody” to “anonymous detective.” A young detective’s one-of-a-kind experience. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Iron-Boned Ming, Zhu Qizhen the Fortress Emperor 大明硬骨头,堡宗朱祁镇
[No System, no golden finger, no overpowered protagonist, no crushing everyone with brute force] On the eve of the Tumu Crisis, he transmigrates as Zhu Qizhen and is emperor for just one day. Why did Zhu Qizhen clear Wang Zhen's name? Was the Zhu Qizhen who returned to power in history really the same man? Did the Ming dynasty truly begin its decline with him? Of the sixteen Ming emperors, how many met a clear-cut end? He must survive first. Only then can he think about anything else. With three
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The Tale of a Sword 一柄剑的故事
Yin Lian takes the only sword his father left behind and tries to sell it for some money. Unfortunately, it is so rusty and looks so much like a modern replica that no antique shop is willing to buy it. After a car accident, the sword soaks up blood, and its rusty exterior transforms into its original appearance. The sword cuts through time and space. On the other side, the fall of the Ming dynasty in 1644 has just taken place, and the Qing army is sweeping across the land. To stop them, Yin Lia
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Great Ming: In the Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen, I Will Not Move South 大明:崇祯十七年,朕不南迁
[No System, respect for the historical record. This is a story about Chongzhen not fleeing, and the regret that the Ming could have been saved. No transmigration: Chongzhen saves himself. I don't believe a transmigrator would be all that much better than Chongzhen. Early in the book, Chongzhen sends the Crown Prince away on the tenth day of the first lunar month, gets the capital's armed forces in order, then, fifteen days later, slaughters the father-in-law who sold out his son, Zhu Guogong, an
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The Ming Dynasty in the Wake of the Tsunami 海啸大明
Heroes need not worry about what comes after them; the history books should resound with songs of their deeds. Blood-soaked warriors on the battlefield, demons and monsters in the bureaucracy, the tangled romances of courtesans and sea lords: all are brought to life as the Ming Empire is struck by a catastrophic wave of raids and calamities. Beset by troubles at home and abroad, the Ming Empire faces the ferocious Tatar Altan Khan in the north, whose forces raid and pillage with savage brutality
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Twelve Hours to Seize the Gate 夺门十二时辰
In 1457, Zhu Qiyu, the Ming Emperor Jingtai, lay gravely ill. Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, Xu Youzhen, and others secretly plotted the Coup of the Palace Gate, hoping to restore the former emperor Zhu Qizhen to the throne. Five days before the coup, a modern soul transmigrated into the body of the Jingtai Emperor, Zhu Qiyu, and awoke with memories of the history books. Faced with a failing body, a fractious court, and palace intrigues swirling beneath the surface, he had only 120 shichen to turn the t
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- 199 Li Kui Is a Little Busy 李逵,有点忙 Li Kui of the Marshes of Liangshan is dead. The Liangshan hero Li Kui is dead. The Heavenly Wound Star, Li Kui, smashed the Southern Heavenly Gate and rebelled against the Hall of Miraculous Mist, only to be cast into the Underworld and made a guilty god “on a break.” Granny Meng held out a cloudy bowl of soup. “Drink it. Forget your past, settle your grievances, and enter the cycle of reincarnation anew. It will be a release for you, too.” Li Kui stared at the soup that could end all suffering —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 A Ming Eunuch: The Return of the Jingtai Emperor 明宦之景泰重临 In the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong era, amid the blood and flames of the Coup at the Gate, the imprisoned Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu died full of bitterness. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the second year of the Xuande era (1427), the day he was born outside the palace as an “imperial grandson.” His soul belonged to an emperor who had endured humiliation and betrayal and watched an empire fall, but his body was that of an infant who had not even been entered into the imperi —Reads—Score—14d adds

















































